Health Care Reform
Commentary
Compared to Other Nations, the U.S. Health Care System Isn’t So Bad
Following the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the mores of the farthest reaches of social media have made their way to Congress. Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said, “The visceral response from people across the country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of ...
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Here’s What’s in Trump’s Healthcare Plan
The American people are about to find out what Donald Trump meant when he said he had “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform. It’s reasonable to expect market-oriented changes that lead to more choices, lower costs and better stewardship of taxpayer dollars. One of the most important actions Trump ...
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Trump’s Surprising Healthcare Ally
President-elect Donald Trump and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, don’t agree on much. But on health care, the two men seem to share a common vision — a smaller role for government. During the presidential campaign, Trump warned voters that Kamala Harris “wants everybody to be on government ...
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What’s up with US life expectancy?
U.S. life expectancy is, surprisingly enough, on the rise. According to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Americans can expect to live 80.4 years in 2050, up from 78.3 years in 2022. But it’s rising even more in other countries. In 2050, the United States ...
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Dear Elon, Add Medicare ‘Site-Neutrality’ To DOGE’s To-Do List
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have declared war on government bloat. They hope to use the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to axe wasteful spending and slash bureaucratic red tape that costs Americans trillions of dollars in foregone economic growth. One of the best places to start would ...
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Power to the Patients
America’s health bill will surpass $7.7 trillion by 2032. That’s equivalent to one in every five dollars flowing through the economy. To address this crisis, we must make health care work like other sectors of our economy, rather than the bloated, over-regulated mess it is today. And that will require ...
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A Year Later, Florida’s Drug Importation Plan Is Misguided As Ever
When president-elect Donald Trump joked about making Canada the 51st state, he had an unlikely supporter: Bernie Sanders. “Does that mean that we can adopt the Canadian health care system and . . . lower the cost of prescription drugs,” the Vermont senator wrote on X. “I’m all for it.” ...
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Learn more about transparency in pricing
Hospital Pricing In the Shadows Never Acceptable
Time to Bring Hospital Pricing Out the Shadows, It’s Long Overdue Just one in five hospitals is complying with federal price-transparency rules today, according to a new report from the group Patient Rights Advocate. Put differently, hospitals are keeping the prices of their services secret in violation of the law. ...
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Learn more about saving Medicaid
Trump can fix Medicaid
Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, the entitlement that provides health coverage to roughly 1 in 5 people. Requiring beneficiaries to work, volunteer, or attend school as a condition of receiving coverage and block-granting federal Medicaid funds to the states are under consideration. But with complete control of ...
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Learn more about Medicare reform
Medicare Reform Can Wait No Longer
Few components of America’s healthcare system are more in need of reform than Medicaid, the joint federal-state public health plan for low-income Americans. And with Republicans set to control the House, Senate, and executive branch next year, there’s finally a chance to address the program’s considerable problems. The most serious ...
Compared to Other Nations, the U.S. Health Care System Isn’t So Bad
Following the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the mores of the farthest reaches of social media have made their way to Congress. Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said, “The visceral response from people across the country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of ...
Here’s What’s in Trump’s Healthcare Plan
The American people are about to find out what Donald Trump meant when he said he had “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform. It’s reasonable to expect market-oriented changes that lead to more choices, lower costs and better stewardship of taxpayer dollars. One of the most important actions Trump ...
Trump’s Surprising Healthcare Ally
President-elect Donald Trump and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, don’t agree on much. But on health care, the two men seem to share a common vision — a smaller role for government. During the presidential campaign, Trump warned voters that Kamala Harris “wants everybody to be on government ...
What’s up with US life expectancy?
U.S. life expectancy is, surprisingly enough, on the rise. According to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Americans can expect to live 80.4 years in 2050, up from 78.3 years in 2022. But it’s rising even more in other countries. In 2050, the United States ...
Dear Elon, Add Medicare ‘Site-Neutrality’ To DOGE’s To-Do List
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have declared war on government bloat. They hope to use the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to axe wasteful spending and slash bureaucratic red tape that costs Americans trillions of dollars in foregone economic growth. One of the best places to start would ...
Power to the Patients
America’s health bill will surpass $7.7 trillion by 2032. That’s equivalent to one in every five dollars flowing through the economy. To address this crisis, we must make health care work like other sectors of our economy, rather than the bloated, over-regulated mess it is today. And that will require ...
A Year Later, Florida’s Drug Importation Plan Is Misguided As Ever
When president-elect Donald Trump joked about making Canada the 51st state, he had an unlikely supporter: Bernie Sanders. “Does that mean that we can adopt the Canadian health care system and . . . lower the cost of prescription drugs,” the Vermont senator wrote on X. “I’m all for it.” ...
Learn more about transparency in pricing
Hospital Pricing In the Shadows Never Acceptable
Time to Bring Hospital Pricing Out the Shadows, It’s Long Overdue Just one in five hospitals is complying with federal price-transparency rules today, according to a new report from the group Patient Rights Advocate. Put differently, hospitals are keeping the prices of their services secret in violation of the law. ...
Learn more about saving Medicaid
Trump can fix Medicaid
Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, the entitlement that provides health coverage to roughly 1 in 5 people. Requiring beneficiaries to work, volunteer, or attend school as a condition of receiving coverage and block-granting federal Medicaid funds to the states are under consideration. But with complete control of ...
Learn more about Medicare reform
Medicare Reform Can Wait No Longer
Few components of America’s healthcare system are more in need of reform than Medicaid, the joint federal-state public health plan for low-income Americans. And with Republicans set to control the House, Senate, and executive branch next year, there’s finally a chance to address the program’s considerable problems. The most serious ...
